Step 1: Material list

You need :
- 1 pallet (or 2 if you plan to make the top surface with pallet wood)
- 5 mm plywood to make the bottom surface
- wood floor board with interlock (to make the top surface)
- 4 ikea vika legs
- some nails (10mm) and screws (at least 40mm)

Great idea and I love how much extra room you get using the idea. A word of caution though, pallets are typically treated with chemicals to preserve them, not to mention can be contaminated with all sorts of crazy stuff. Just make sure you use a nice new one that's clean and fresh looking. Just treat the wood like you would pressure treated, or insect resistant woods.

There are 2 types of pallets, the single use ones and the returnable ones.- The returnable ones are the property of the transporter and they definitively treated to have a long life.- The single use ones are picked up by the trash collector, so they have no owner (once they are left in the street!). So they have a short time life and do not need to be treated for preservation.

Awesome of you to do the research, I should of before posting honestly since I have not played with pallets since I was young and spoke in ignorance. In my defense when I had access to plenty of pallets they were horrid monsters with uncountable containment's. Especially the ones my dad brought home from Sears, seemed they would use their pallets until they turned to dust and floated away in a poison cloud lol.

hehe, but in all seriousness, good work.. I will probably build myself a fold away shop bench using this idea.

Kudos, kudos, kudos!! Clever idea--there are so many ways to make a desk from a pallet, but bravo for doing it first and getting peoples juices flowing. Now we need a contest: Pallet Furniture. Takes me back to the good old days when my age was measured in a couple of decades and my bank account was less than four figures. We did cinder blocks then ;-)

I guess you dont actually need a pallet since you are pulling it apart and only using the spacers. ?I also thought, that two pallets standing vertically could be used as legs. This would also provide extra storage.Nice idea!!!